Author: Molly Rauch

Molly Rauch is a mom who lives and works in Washington, DC. As Public Health Policy Director for Moms Clean Air Force, she builds relationships with public health organizations and develops alliances and partnerships with them. She also writes about public health science and policy for Moms Clean Air Force. Her writing on environmental health has appeared in Goodhousekeeping.com, Parents.com, and Huffington Post, among other publications. A native New Yorker, she holds a master’s degree in public health.

Climate change threatens the health of Americans and is having major impacts now, according to a recent report from the Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals. The annual report, called the Lancet Countdown, is a collaboration of researchers from 27 leading academic institutions,...

Air is the great unifier. Every person, every place, every minute — we all share the air. But across the world, in places too many to count, the air we breathe is polluted and unhealthy. Air pollution is a leading cause of death worldwide. It...

Last week, the White House and EPA launched a dangerous proposal that would ease restrictions on mercury pollution. This was the first official move in a play to undermine the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards: a lifesaving, fully implemented, effective pollution prevention rule – one...

Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler on Thursday withdrew Scott Pruitt’s midnight-hour memo, which waived enforcement standards for super-polluting “glider” trucks. Wheeler’s decision is a win for anyone who breathes. But Wheeler has a long way to go before he distinguishes himself from scandal-plagued former Administrator Scott Pruitt. Moms...

Pollution from the oil and gas industry is hurting American families. Pollution doesn’t care whether you live in an urban or rural area or how far you live from oil and gas operations — its reach is far and its impacts are long-lasting. In order...